PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1951 Thought for the Day Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal. —Johann Von Goethe Many readers have asked us to explain what all this F.E.P. rumpus is about. F.E.P. stands for Fair Employment Practices. A bill has been drawn up in committee, House Bill No. 259, to be placed before the legislature of the State of Kansas, that will make it possible to eliminate discrimination in employment on grounds of race, color, creed or national origin. The Editorial Page- House Bill No.259 The intent of the 15-page bill is summed up in section 4, paragraph (a): It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any employer to refuse to hire or employ, or to bar or discharge from employment, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to hire, tenure, advancement, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, or any other matter directly or indirectly related to employment, because of the race, color, creed, national origin or ancestry of such individuals unless his action is based upon a bona fide occupational qualification and certified as such by the commission. Section 1 reads: Nothing in this act shall be construed to mean that an employer shall be forced to hire unqualified or incompetent personnel. Now, What is "the commission?" In section 5 the bill empowers he governor to appoint five commissioners to be known as the antidiscrimination commission. This commission will receive, investigate and pass upon complaints alleging discrimination in employment. The commission will have the power to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of books or papers relating to the testimony. In short, it will have the necessary power to enforce the provisions of the bill where actual cases of discrimination are found to exist. The act not only bars discrimination by employers, but by employment agencies and labor unions as well. The bill takes note of the fact that racial prejudice can not be legislated out of existence. So it proposes that the commission in cooperation with the state department of education shall prepare a comprehensive educational program designed for the students of the public schools of this state and other residents to emphasize the origin of prejudice against such groups, its harmful effects, and its incompatibility with American principles of equality and fair play. Well, there it is. That is what the All Student Council refused to endorse. Now it's up to you to decide whether or not you want such law in the State of Kansas.—E.J.C. Rodney Nipnap says he's taking Latin this semester. The U.S point wants him to phrase a new coin. ___ While we're waiting for the bells to arrive, we suggest that cable be strung from Memorial stadium to the top of the campanile or the operation of a campus ski-lift? Little Man On Campus "Oh—By-the-way, I got your papers graded last week—If I could just think to bring them-----" Tribute In Poetry (Editor's note: The following poem has been submitted to the Daily Kansan by Mrs. A. J. Pope, 216 Brush Creek Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., whose poetry has appeared in newspapers and magazines. A tribute to those who have died in war, the poem is written in the same spirit that built the campanile and speaks of the bells that will soon be heard on the campus.) The Public's Pulse- Memorial Bells Of KU "In olden days men vowed that only sacrifice could give a bell soul sweetness." By AILEEN J. POPE Above the wind-swept prairie lands now surge The strains of dedicated honor bells; No blast of guns, no savage hate dispels The peaceful melody's supernal urge. Symphonic harmony of tones that merge Into a requiem; the music swells Hushed and vibrating so gently it tells What now is lost in glory shall emerge. Ring, Bells, joyfully your magic notes for Martyr blood has touched your metal; Asleep In all lands they lie, our Honored Dead; sound Your memorial chimes to farthest shore The ocean depths shall hold, the prairies keep The echo of our homage most profound A friend of ours slipped on the ice the other day and went skidding down the Hill. He wasn't at all hurt until an alert Lawrence policeman haled him to court for running the stop sign at 14th and Massachusetts street. Boston (U.P.)—Among the educational exhibits at the Boston museum of Science is a facsimile of a human tooth, enlarged 30 times. Museum officials said that if the tooth were real it could have grown only in the jaw of a man 180 feet tall and weighing 250 tons. Tooth And Consequences FLYING? See FIRST NATIONAL BANK TRAVEL AGENCY Phone 30 8th and Mass. For Your Library THE Modern Library 273 Titles at ---- $1.25 75 Giants at ---- $2.45 You are Welcome to Come in and Browse. THE BOOK NOOK 1021 Mass. Tel. 666 Yesteryears Leave Nichols Gym (From the UDK, Oct. 29, 1920) No, the Santa Fe did not lay any new track to Manhattan from Topeka for the Aggie special. They are going to switch the train over to the Rock Island there, and we will probably arrive in Manhattan about noon. From then on till we leave the town is ours. The only restriction we place is that the students accompanying the team will please refrain from tearing down any of the buildings, as they have a lot more to learn down there. WCTU Scores MacArthur Evanston, Ill.—U (U.P.)—The Woman's Christian Temperance union criticized Gen. Douglas MacArthur for posing for a newspaper photograph while drinking champagne in a toast to UN forces in Korea. "One might logically suppose that Gen. MacArthur has things to do in Korea that would preclude his posing for photographers while drinking champagne," Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, W.C.T.U. president, said. Patronize Kansan Advertisers Advertising Mgr. James W. Murray National Adv. Mgr. George Lukens James Lowry Classified Ad. Mgr. David Kohl Promotion Mgr. Jim Brunson News Room K.U.251 Member of the Kansas Press Assn. Press Assn., and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Ad- missory Service 420 Madison Ave, New New York City. Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Adv. Room K.U. 376 Editor-in-chief Edward J. Chapin Managing Editor Business Manager Francis J. Kelley Richard Hale Asst. Managing Editors: Marvin Arth, Marian Killeen, Faye Wikinson, Billie Slover City Editor Marion Klewer Asst. City Editors: Richard Marshall, Ryan Kilkenny, Robert Sanford, Lee Sheppeard Society Editor Patricia Jansen Asst. Society Editors: Nancy Anderson, Nancy Lebesbah, Rita Tatum Telegraph Editor Richard Tatum Asst. Telegraph Editors: John Corporon, William White Speech Editor Bob Nelson Asst. 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